4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (261+ words) Home | Updates | Google and NASA JPL use AI to map methane emissions from space A new deep learning model from Google and NASA uses satellite data to detect methane emissions around the world. Google and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (428+ words) Malaysia’s Energy Commission says data centres use 9.28% of electricity Digital Watch Observatory Malaysia’s Energy Commission says data centres use 9.28% of electricity The Energy Commission of Malaysia has reported that data centres account for 9.28 per cent of its total electricity consumption…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (344+ words) Home | Updates | Tasmania proposes data centre expectations on renewables, network costs and water Tasmania’s data centre expectations would guide major projects on renewable energy, infrastructure costs, and water use. The draft applies to new and expanded data centres and AI…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (126+ words) Home | Updates | Singapore proposes new licensing rules for data centres and cloud services New rules in Singapore would cover data centre resilience, energy efficiency, and future water-efficiency requirements. Singapore has introduced a Digital Infrastructure Bill that would create new licensing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (214+ words) Home | Updates | Canada government introduces Data Centre Principles Canada announced the Responsible Data Center Development Principles, a framework required data‑centre developers to cover electricity‑system costs, limit water and environmental impacts, disclose local effects and deliver lasting benefits for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (158+ words) Home | Updates | ITU and WBA: Greening Digital Companies 2026 report The fifth edition of the Greening Digital Companies report, published jointly by the ITU and WBA, assesses greenhouse‑gas emissions, energy use and climate commitments of 200 digital companies, using data reported…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (435+ words) Digital Watch Observatory Equinix South Africa managing director highlights economic role of data centres amid resource concerns The Managing Director of Equinix South Africa has said that the public debate focuses on data centre consumption rather than the services they…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) Digital Watch Observatory UK data centre boom exposes a government information gap The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology told a freedom‑of‑information requester that it does not hold information on what the United Kingdom’s largest data centre sites…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) Home | Updates | Australia data centre standards to cover energy, water, and land use Australia data centre standards will set mandatory requirements for energy, water, and land use under forthcoming national AI laws. National Cabinet has backed nationally consistent mandatory requirements…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (452+ words) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that would remove the mandatory public‑notice and comment requirement for minor New Source Review air‑pollution permits, making public participation optional for states; the Environmental Protection Network submitted formal comments opposing…...